The Prodigal Son

The next morning, Qin Yu finally received some good news.

Xiong Quhu pulled through.

However, he was definitely not going to participate in the subsequent battles.

In a major battle, one of his three top generals was killed and another was seriously injured.

After bidding farewell to the fallen soldiers, Qin Yu and his men, leading a large number of prisoners, marched in a grand procession towards Yu Chan.

There were also two coffins in the procession.

One of them is Pei Xiao's coffin.

After arriving at Yuchan, Qin Yu planned to order people to send Pei Xiao's body back to his hometown of Dingzhou for burial as quickly as possible.

The other one is Yan Wujiu's coffin.

He planned to release ten lightly wounded prisoners after arriving at Yuchan, give them a cart and a horse, and have them carry Yan Wujiu's body back to Huyao.

Around noon, a scout reported that a group of Ning army cavalry was heading their way.

Before long, Qin Yu met Monk Dong, who had arrived with five thousand elite cavalry.

"Why are you here?"

Qin Yu looked at Monk Dong with some surprise.

"Of course we're here to support you."

Monk Dong smiled. "However, it seems we won't be needed to provide support now!"

After Dong Heshang explained the situation, Qin Yu finally understood what had happened.

After discovering that Yan Wujiu had led his troops to retreat from Yuchan, Xue Chengdao and Qin Fumeng quickly dispatched troops to press on Tiger's Mouth.

After a fierce battle, they held the Tiger's Mouth and blocked the Yan army that was supposed to come to Yan Wujiu's aid.

Afterwards, Dong Heshang led his elite cavalry to seize Pangzhou Prefecture.

Last night, Dong Heshang led his troops in a night raid on another Yan army unit under Yan Wujiu.

After a fierce battle, the demoralized Yan army was defeated.

After learning of Yan Wujiu's plan through the surrendered generals, he immediately rushed to provide support.

After briefly explaining their situation to Qin Yu, Monk Dong asked him, "What are your casualties?"

"A Pyrrhic victory!"

Qin Yu gave a helpless, bitter smile. "However, from now on, there will be no more Flying Riders in the world!"

"As long as we can win!"

Monk Dong smiled, "The other day when I covered your raid on Wulin, I suffered a great loss at the hands of the Flying Fang Cavalry. If Yan Wujiu hadn't been forced to retreat and exposed an opening, we would have been in serious trouble! You really did a great job this time!"

Originally, Yan Wujiu's desperate defense of the Jade Toad was a huge problem for them.

However, Qin Yu used a clever trick to force Yan Wujiu to withdraw from Yuchan.

Now, Qin Yu has led his troops to wipe out the Flying Tiger Cavalry.

That's a huge achievement!

"The success of one general is built on the bones of ten thousand soldiers."

Qin Yu shook his head and sighed.

This time, Yan Wujiu really hurt him.

It's fortunate that it's happening now.

If this happened when his mental state was at its worst, he probably would have broken down and cried.

His heart bled as he bid farewell to the fallen soldiers this morning.

The ferocity of this battle surpassed even that of their assault on Wangzhou Prefecture.

He never wanted to experience such a Pyrrhic victory again.

He just wants a resounding victory!

A truly resounding victory!

"There's nothing we can do about it."

Monk Dong comforted him, saying, "Yan Wujiu was fighting you with his life on the line. I was afraid you wouldn't be able to withstand his fierce attacks. It's already a great achievement that you won!"

"Alright, alright! Let's not talk about this anymore."

Qin Yu waved his hand, "By the way, how's the old man's side doing?"

"It's alright!"

Monk Dong smiled and said, "After receiving the message you sent, they judged that Yan Wujiu would most likely retreat to Huzhou. They seized the initiative, and although their casualties were not small, the Yan army suffered even greater losses..."

The Yan army that came to the aid of Yan Wujiu's troops was also risking their lives.

However, they seized advantageous terrain in advance, holding off tens of thousands of Yan troops at Huzhou.

Currently, their troops and supplies are continuously converging on Tiger's Mouth and Pangzhou Prefecture.

It's practically impossible for the Yan army to break out of Huzhou again!

Unless they take a long detour, passing through Yunzhou, Xiazhou, Shengzhou, Linzhou, and then Yanzhou, and eventually threaten Pangzhou.

But after going through such a long and winding process, it will be at least three months from now.

Marching in winter is not an easy task.

After this battle, two of Yan's three great generals had died, and its 200,000-strong army had been wiped out.

The already low morale of the Yan army will plummet even further.

The State of Yan can no longer cause any significant trouble.

Next, the focus will likely be more on their relationship with Bei Qi.

The Yan state is currently a piece of meat.

It all comes down to who can snatch more meat, them or Bei Qi.

The two talked as they hurried toward the Jade Toad.

Dong Heshang will only lead his troops to rest briefly at Yuchan before heading to Pangzhou Prefecture.

On the way, Qin Yu also learned from Monk Dong that Xu Kui had already led his troops to arrive.

However, Xu Kui's troops suffered heavy losses and were unable to participate in the battle.

Xu Kui's troops should still be resting and reorganizing in Xiaxing.

Xu Kui had just led his troops to Xiaxing when he was attacked by a combination of punches from Qin Fumeng and Xue Chengdao.

Xu Kui was beaten black and blue, but he still had to force a smile.

However, while Xu Kui's troops were resting, Xu Kui himself did not rest and remained by Qin Fumeng's side, serving under him.

Qi Dachui has fully recovered from his injuries and is now staying by Qin Fumeng's side.

Just as they were heading towards Yuchan, the Yan army launched another fierce attack on Qin Fumeng's troops stationed thirty miles east of Tiger's Mouth.

The Yan army seems to have gone mad; this is already the third wave of attacks launched today.

This time, the Yan army's attack was on a larger scale.

At the same time, they launched an attack on Qin Fumeng's central army and left and right flanks.

Qin Fumeng personally led his troops to the central army. With his superb archery skills, Qin Fumeng constantly moved around the battlefield, shooting down the Yan army's generals who led their troops in the charge.

Although Qin Fumeng's central army consisted of only 5,000 men, they remained steadfast in the face of an attack by the Yan army, which outnumbered them three to one.

However, their left and right flanks were not so easy to deal with.

The left wing was guarded by 10,000 troops led by Liang Hongqiao.

Whether Qin Fumeng wanted to help Liang Hongqiao or was worried that Liang Hongqiao's side couldn't hold out, he directly transferred a hundred men from his personal guards to Qi Dachui's command, asking Qi Dachui to come and assist Liang Hongqiao in the battle.

Liang Hongqiao wielded her fine iron spear with incredible skill, swiftly cutting down Yan soldiers.

But the Yan army seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, pouring into their battle lines in an endless stream.

The ones in front died, and the ones behind continued to rush forward.

The archers had long since run out of arrows.

Now, the two sides are locked in a fierce hand-to-hand combat.

"Master Qiao, our formation has been broken up, the enemy has broken in!"

In the midst of the fierce battle, Liang Hongqiao heard a young general's loud shout.

Upon hearing this, Liang Hongqiao shot down a Yan soldier with her spear and quickly looked around.

The Yan army had already carved a path through the middle of their formation, and large numbers of Yan soldiers kept pouring in, compressing their formation to both sides.

The gap in the middle was getting wider and wider, and more and more Yan troops were pouring in.

Liang Hongqiao knew that things couldn't continue like this.

The gap in the middle must be plugged, and the formation must be readjusted.

Otherwise, they would inevitably lose their position in the face of the sudden and frenzied attacks of the Yan army.

"You sly rooster! Qi the Hammer!"

Liang Hongqiao let out a loud shout and looked at Du Fan and Qi Dachui, who were not far from her.

Upon hearing her roar, the two immediately brandished their weapons, felling several Yan soldiers as they moved toward her.

"Hey handsome, you missed me?"

Despite being hit in the shoulder by an arrow, Du Fan still had a grin on his face.

"Screw you! You two bastards, stop protecting me!"

Liang Hongqiao yelled at the two men, "Quickly take your men and charge with me! You must block the gap in front of me!"

"good!"